Apple has acquired Canadian payment technology company Mobeewave for approximately $100m, reported Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. The deal is intended to allow Apple to leverage Mobeewave technology to turn iPhones into mobile payment terminals. Mobeewave’s technology...
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Airtel Africa Plc and Mukuru, one of Africa’s largest remittance organisations, have announced a partnership that will enable Mukuru customers send cross-border transfers directly to Airtel Money customer wallets in 12 African countries. The partnership is expected to benefit customers...
By liberianobserver.com Lonestar Cell MTN, one of Liberia’s leading GSM and Mobile Financial Services companies, announces that, as of August 3, 2020, Mobile Money customers can receive money from their family and friends anywhere in the world directly...
Personal remittances to Africa, which far outstrip foreign direct investment, have plummeted as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, severely undermining food security for the continent’s poor. The wages and employment of many migrant workers evaporated overnight. Service-sector jobs...
Source: By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet | The Associated Press Money transfer apps including Venmo, Cash App and PayPal have surged in popularity during the pandemic as people seek safe, contactless ways to send and receive money. Unfortunately, many people...
by Steve McClellan @mp_mcclellan WPP media investment group GroupM has announced the launch of The GroupM Multicultural Marketplace in the U.S. The marketplace, now live with 300 publishers, comprises a comprehensive and growing list of Black and Hispanic owned and focused publishers that create,...
In the UK, the black and minority ethnic population has more than doubled in the last 30 years and is expected to double again by 2045. But a majority of them feel that mainstream advertising has no relevance to...
London is Europe’s (and probably the world’s) most diverse city. Around 300 languages are spoken by its immigrants, which amount to a staggering 2.5 million inhabitants, or 30% of London’s population. The most accessible places to take in this...
Written by Catharine Paddock A review of the United Kingdom’s leading public companies finds their boards lack ethnic diversity and recommends some challenging goals for change. Focusing on the FTSE 100 companies, The Parker Review report – “Beyond One...
TikTok launches business platform TikTok is launching a platform for businesses that it hopes will encourage more brands to use the platform to reach their consumers. Created as a way to give brands opportunities for creative storytelling, TikTok For...